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TICKET PUNGH. No. 341,756. Patented May 11, 1886.

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TICKET PUNCl-l.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,756, dated May 11,1886.

Application filed February 23, 1886. Serial No. 192,902. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID llIARION KIRK- PATRICK, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson andState of Missouri, have invented new and useful ImprovementsinTicket-Punches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in ticket-punches; and it consistsof the novel construction and combination of parts sub stantially ashereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a single implement ofthe class named which shall be capable of retaining the paper or matterpunched from a certain class of tickets as, for instance, cash-fareticketsand to permit the paper or other material punched from anotherclass of tickets that is retained by the conductor to go to wasteas, forin and reliable in operation, and cheap and in expensive of manufacture.

A further object of the device is to provide means whereby the punchedmaterial from one class of tickets-i. 6., cash fare-is arranged andstored compactly away, and any attempt to tamper with the said punchedmaterial will be frustated and expose the fact that such an attempt topilfer has been performed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation from one side ofaticket-punch constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is adetached de-v tail view of the sections of the inclosing-case.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings, A, B, and Odesignate the sections of the inclosing-case of my improvedticket-punch, which are detaehably secured or connected together topermit ready access to the interior or chambers thereof. The section Aof the case has its rear wall, a, hinged thereto at its lower end, sothat it can be readily adjusted, and this pivoted or hinged rear wallcarries a ring, a,

for the reception of the finger of the conductor or for suspending thepunch from the waist by a belt. The rear wall further carries a lock, A,of any suitable or ordinary construction, and access to the lock by thekey thereof is bad through an opening in the wall, which is normallycovered by a bolt, a, the said bolt of the lock entering proper recessesor akeeper in a plate of the section 0 of the case. The upper edges ofthe side walls of the case are cut away, as at a near their middle, andthey are again cut away at their front ends, as at a, the front wall ofthe case'section A having dovetailed recesses a to properly secure andseat the section B on the section A. The lower edges of the side wallsof the section B are provided with dovetailed flanges b, that fit in therecesses a and the side walls of the sections B are curved and cut, asat I) b, to tightly fit on the cut-away portions at c of the section Awhen the sections A B are fitted and secured together. The reduced orcut ends I)" and the upper edges of the section B lie within and flushwith the upper edges of the section A. The case-section O fits snugly onthe upper edges of the side walls of the section B, and it carries aplate, 0, that extends rearwardly to the rear end of the section A. Therear end of the plate a carries recesses for the bolt of the look A, andthe several sections are properly connected and secured together bymeans of screws, so thatthey can be readily taken apart when desired.

The sections B and G are each provided near their lower edges with alongitudinal slot,

(1, that extends transversely across the same, and in these slots thetickets are inserted to be acted on by the punches of the levers. Thefront wall of each of the sections is provided with cut-out portions ff, the latter, f, constituting the delivery or discharge opening of thesection B for the coupon or local tickets.

E designates a lever that is pivoted at its front end in the side wallsof the upper section, 0, of the case, and the front end of this lever iscurved or rounded so as to snugly fit and wholly fill the cutoutportion, f, of said caseseetion O. This lever- E is provided atits freeend with a handle, 6, and at a point about its middle with a hook-shapedarm or lug, e, and with a punch or cutter arm, 6, near its I Apivotedend. Thepunch-arm e worksthrougha proper opening in the die-plateg of the section and across the slot 01 therein, and the hook shaped arm6 of the lever E takes against astop, e, secured in the casing,so as tolimit the upward movement of said lever. A similar punch-lever, H, isarranged in an inclined posit-ion within the chambers of the sections BG, and the front end of this lever is 10 pivoted at the front end of thesection B, the upper face of the lever being fiattened, as shown in Fig.2, and the front end thereof arranged so as to only partially fill theopening f in the section B, whereby the matter or r 5 paper punched fromone class of tickets by the punch-bar e of the lever E will pass throughthe opening in the die-plate g, and .fall upon the upper straightface ofthe pivoted lever H,

, and will be discharged through the opening f, as will be very readilyunderstood. The rear end of this lever H is bent upwardly, as

at h, and it is normally held in contact or engagement with thehookshaped arm e of the lever E by means of a spring, I, one end of 2which is clamped between the portion 1) of the section B and the plate 0of the section 0, while the other end is free to bear against the bentrear end, h, of the lever H, and thus hold the levers E H in positionfor instantaneous 3o operation. The lever H also carries a punch bar orarm, h, which works across the slot at of the section B, and when it isdepressed it passes through aproper opening in adie-plate,

11?, of the section B, and forces the matter or 5 paper punched from thetickets inserted in the slot d into an open mouth of a tube-likereceptacle, J, which is arranged in the casesection A. This receptacle Jis made in the form of atube the diameter of which is equal 40 to or alittle greater than the diameter of the punch-bar h, so that thematerial punched from the tickets by said bar will be snugly packedwithin the receptacle, and will fill the same Very closely, so that agreat number of 5 pieces that have been forced from the tickets can bestored or packed in the receptacle. I

The receptacle comprises a straight portion, j, having a bent end, j,with its mouth left open and fitted in the chamber of the section A, sothat it will register with the openingin the die-plate h, to receive thepunches from the tickets, and said receptacle has a curved or bentportion, 70, that provides a section, k, that lies above the straightsection j, the rear end of the section 70 being closed. Thisreceiving-tube is made in two or more sections, which are connectedtogether detachably by means of inclosing bands that fit over thejoints, so as to permit ready access to the chambers for the purpose ofascertaining the quantity'of clippings or punches contained therein. Thereceptacle is so arranged in the section A that it can be readilywithdrawn therefrom when the rear wall, a, is opened and the receptacleis suitably held in place against move ment therein.

The punch is especially adapted for use upon railway-trains, and theoperation thereof is obvious from the foregoing description,taken inconnection with the drawings. When a local or coupon ticket is to bepunched, it is insertedin the slot d of the upper section, 0, and thefree end e of the pivoted lever E depressed by pressure of the handthereon, thus forcing the punch-bar 6 through the ticket and perforatingthe same. The paper punched from the ticket passes through the openingin the dieplate of the section 0 and escapes through thedischarge-opening f. Immediately upon the release of hand-pressure onthe lever E the spring returns the same'to its normal position forinstantaneous use, and the upward movement of the lever is limited bythe hook-shaped arm 6 coming in contact with the stop 6 as hereinbeforedescribed. If a cash fare is collected by the conductor, a piece ofpaper is punched from a strip of paper or leaf of a book carried by himfor this purpose, said strip or sheet being properly entered or fittedinto the slot d of the intermediate section, B, and the lever Edepressed to actuate the pivoted lever H and force the punch-bar thereofthrough the strip or sheet. The pressure on the levers is released toenable them to be returned to their normal positions by the spring, andthe strip of paper or the leaf of a book removed from the slot (1 of thesection B. The material forced through the die-plate h by the punch-barhentersthe tube-like receptacle J, and the purpose of thus retaining thepunches of the cash fares is to secure a tally between the returns andthe money collected by the conductor, and prevent him from defraudingthe company in whose employ he serves.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In aticket-punch, a case comprising three sections, A B G, the sections Band 0 having slots (1 and openings ff, and the section A having a hingedend wall carrying a locking device, in combination with levers E H,pivoted to the sections B G and carrying the punchbars arranged totraverse across the slots of the sections B G, a spring for returningthe levers to their normal position when pressure thereon is released,and a removable receptacle fitted in the section A to receive the matter punched from tickets by the lever H, substantially as described.

2. In aticket-punch, a case made in sections A B O, detachably securedtogether, the sections B and 0 having the slots d and the openingsff, incombination with a lever, E, pivoted in the section 0 and wholly fillingthe opening f thereof, the lever H, pivoted in the section B and leavinga discharge-opening, f therein, a spring for normally holding the freeend of the lever H in contact with the lever E, and a removablereceptacle, J, fitted in the section A of the case, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a ticket-punch, the combination of a case having sectionsdetachable from each other and having ticket-slots, the independentlevers E H, pivoted in two of the case-sections, and provided withpunch-bars, and connected for simultaneous operation, and a removabletubelike receptacle wholly inclosed in one of the case-sections andhaving an open mouth to receive clippings from one class ofticketspunched therefrom by-one of said levers, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a ticket-punch, a case having three sections detachably connectedtogether, two of the sections being provided with ticketslots, and thedie-plates and the other section having a discharge-opening, incombination with the independently-pivoted levers E H, arranged in twoof the case-sections and each carrying a punch-bar arranged to traverseacross the ticket-slot and die-plate of one of the case-sections, aspring for normally holding the independent levers in contact and intheir elevated position, and a tube-like receptacle removably fitted inthe lower case-section to receive clippings from the tickets punched byone of the levers, substantially as described.

5. In a ticket-punch, the combination of a case having ticket-slots, theindependent pivoted levers, each carrying a punch-bar, and a sectionaltube-like receptacle wholly inclosed within the case and having an openmouth ar-- ranged beneath one of the levers toreceive the clippings fromthe tickets punched thereby, substantially as described.

6. In a ticket-punch the combination of a case having ticket-slots, theindependent 1evers pivoted in the case and normally held in contact andelevated by aspringinclosed within the case, and a removable tube-likereceptacle wholly inclosed within the case and having two sections, saidsections being detachably connected together and one being open andbent, as at j, and the other being closed, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my.

own I have hereto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

DAVID MARION KIRKPATRICK.

